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Since Blue Mage seems to be the hot new job, I'm in a lot of parties where I'm not the only BLU. I've had the chance to parse damage, and watch the play styles of other Blue Mages, and I've seen a lot of people making the same mistakes. The biggest problem I see is people spamming their abilities one after the other, effectively wasting MP. If you're fighting Toughs this is a good tactic, sometimes it's easier to dump a whole bunch of damage on an enemy instead of trying to keep yourself healed, but against ITs you're more likely to be resisted multiple times in a row. Some people feel the need to redouble the amount of magic they cast when they're resisted, which sometimes leads to more resists. After blowing all their MP on one fight they rest and waste their TP, however little they managed to accumulate between the spamming.
It's important to, after landing your initial enfeebles, space out your damage spells. This will allow you to work up TP, which becomes important once you've learned Burst Affinity. Weapon skills can easily do as much damage as Bludgeon, and before Chain Affinity, allow you to skillchain. Poison Breath, Blastbomb, Bomb Toss, and even Sandspin can magic burst effectively, but Poison Breath and Bomb Toss work best for me. The combined skillchain and magic burst damage is enough to make up for whatever you would have done if you had just spammed. Red Mages and Black Mages can also participate in the Magic Burst, creating even more damage. Not only that, but is extends the continuity of the EXP chain, and over a period of time allows you to do even more damage.
If a puller isn't going to wait for a Paladin to regain much MP, they sure as hell aren't going to wait for a Blue Mage. The EXP chain is more important than your ability to spam spells.
It's important to, after landing your initial enfeebles, space out your damage spells. This will allow you to work up TP, which becomes important once you've learned Burst Affinity. Weapon skills can easily do as much damage as Bludgeon, and before Chain Affinity, allow you to skillchain. Poison Breath, Blastbomb, Bomb Toss, and even Sandspin can magic burst effectively, but Poison Breath and Bomb Toss work best for me. The combined skillchain and magic burst damage is enough to make up for whatever you would have done if you had just spammed. Red Mages and Black Mages can also participate in the Magic Burst, creating even more damage. Not only that, but is extends the continuity of the EXP chain, and over a period of time allows you to do even more damage.
If a puller isn't going to wait for a Paladin to regain much MP, they sure as hell aren't going to wait for a Blue Mage. The EXP chain is more important than your ability to spam spells.
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